Offices and Individuals. Letters from various government offices (departments) and...

CO 321/150

1893

Offices and Individuals. Letters from various government offices (departments) and individuals most of which relate to the despatches sent from the governor in CO 321/145, CO 321/146, CO 321/147, CO 321/148, and CO 321/149. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows:

Offices:

• House of Commons (steam communication with the Leewards);
• Admiralty (sanitation of port, Castries, St Lucia; appointment of Colonel Sandwith as Administrator, St Vincent; copy of Havergal's trigometrical survey, St Lucia);
• Agents (C Messervy's family remittance, Grenada; Central Sugar Factory company's report, St Lucia; market building for Castries town board, St Lucia; application from J C Thompson for appointment on Gold Coast, Grenada; steam communication and hotel services; sanitation and water supply of Castries, St Lucia; Castries market house and tank, St Lucia; contract for electric lighting of St George's, Grenada; requisition for distillery fittings, St Vincent; water supply, St George's, Grenada);
• Board of Trade (Coasting Steamers Ordinance, St Lucia; Ports Ordinance, Grenada; Pilots Ordinance, Grenada);
• Law Officers (validity of certain marriages, Grenada and St Vincent);
• Treasury (return of copyright duties, Grenada and St Vincent);
• Foreign Office (claim of C Philip and other British subjects against Venezuela, Grenada);
• Home Office ('fugitive offender' R H Philip, charged with forgery, Grenada);
• War Office (coast defence volunteers Ordinance, St Lucia; colonial military lands and buildings, St Lucia; Martini Henry rifles for police, Grenada; acquisition of E Hepburn's land, St Lucia; attack on police by soldiers, St Lucia; disposal of sewage at Castries, St Lucia; Dr Gouldsbury's appointment as administrator in chief; coast defence volunteers ordinance, St Lucia);
• Audit Office (return of vouchers; audit expenditure, 1892; Crown Agents vouchers for 1892; audit arrangements; travelling expenses of auditors; accounts for 1892);
• Post Office (mail contract with Quebec Steam Ship Company, St Lucia);
• National Leprosy Fund (report of leprosy commission in India, St Lucia);
• Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (tolls on coasting steamers, St Lucia);
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (appointment of curator of botanic gardens, Grenada);

Individuals

• Dr C G Brown (health of H Reeve, St Lucia);
• E W Begrie (his pension; Widows and Orphans Fund contributions; application for extension of leave; health; retirement on pension: Grenada);
• Sir Charles Bruce (his appointment as governor; his half-salary as governor);
• E P Brooks (application for promotion, Grenada);
• Cunliffe and Davenport (commutation of pension);
• Mrs Carr (health of her son, Grenada);
• Q Hogg (steam service and hotel scheme);
• Sir W Hutchinson (paper on cocoa planting, Grenada);
• A Ludwig (surcharging of postage stamps);
• J C Latham (deduction from his leave, Grenada);
• R B Llewelyn (advance to Captain Denton in 1887 salary);
• Lowndes, Lloyd and Hilton (application for law of England, Grenada);
• J C Maling (administration of the colony, St Vincent; address from 'colonists', St Vincent; reconsideration of his case, St Vincent);
• H E Nash (system of government, Grenada);
• A J Norton (promotion for Dr H Norton, St Lucia);
• Dr H Norton (application for promotion, St Lucia);
• M O'Gorman (refund of contributions to police reward fund, Grenada):
• M O'Carroll (application for assistance, St Vincent);
• S F Proctor (application for extension of leave, St Lucia);
• H Reeve (return to colony);
• O Smith (application for Chief Justiceship of the Bahamas, St Vincent);
• Colonel J H Sandwith (appointment as administrator, St Vincent);
• J Sheffield (state of education, St Vincent).

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